Glossary

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  • Active Ageing

    Active ageing is the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. It applies to both individuals and population groups. Active ageing allows people to realize their potential for physical, social, and mental well-being throughout the life course and to participate in society, while providing them with adequate protection, security and care when they need. Source: http://www.who.int/ageing/active_ageing/en/index.html

  • Baby boomers

    A baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer

  • Cohort

    A group of individuals having a statistical factor (as age or class membership) in common in a demographic study <a cohort of premedical students>. Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohort

  • Crude birth rate

    Crude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year. According to the United Nations' World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision Population Database, crude birth rate is the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population. CBR = (births in a period / population of person-years over that period). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate